To give up responsibility for our lives is not healthy.
Malcolm X educated himself in prison by reading.
Extrinsic reading rewards may not be necessary and may backfire.
Not one poor reader reported a lot of pleasure reading.
People acquiring a second language have the best chance for success through reading.
Free voluntary reading results in better reading comprehension, writing style, vocabulary, spelling, and grammatical development
Teaching vocabulary lists is inefficient - the time is better spent reading alone.
I have a certain avoidance of reality that makes fantasy an ideal choice for me.
If you want to be successful in the art world you've got to look to the art world; you don't make it for the bloke next door and then hope the art world is going to look at it. That's one of the big mistakes people make.
The reason I do small, independent movies is because I want to keep my soul intact and maintain some kind of integrity within this industry.
Why does a person even get up in the morning? You have breakfast, you floss your teeth so you'll have healthy gums in your old age, and then you get in your car and drive down I-10 and die. Life is so stupid I can't stand it.